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Hendrickson
1950
Kyle Labialci
Nov. 15 Bogota, 8500ft., Cundinamarca, Colombia, S.A.
water (away from the shoreline), of tenest
in an area of emergent plant stoms.
Almost all were in areas covered with
the "duckweed" mat; usually only the
head and part of the back was visible.
When frightened they ducked down under
the duckweed mat; only a few were
observed to push up through it again,
a short distance from the original
spot. Following are a few temperature
records: (The day was heavily overcast at this time)
4: 45 P.M.
frog = 20.2° C.; water = 20.4° C.; air = 15.1° C.
(amplexed
5:00 P.M. pair) frog (2) = 17.1° C.; water = 17.5° C.; air = 13.3° C.
5:17 P.M.
frog = 18.8° C.; water = 20.3° C.; air = 13.0° C.
5:20 P.M.
frog = 17.4° C.; water = 18.0° C. air = 13.1° C.
At 5:23 found a frog sitting, half-submerged,
on a mat of duckweed (partially submerged
by frog's weight). To me, its croak sounds
like:
waah .... waah .... waah
See Dr. Stebbins notes for tone analysis
and diagrams of croaking frogs.
The number of calls were:
in 15 seconds timing - 17 calls
in 30 "" "" - 24 calls
in 15 "" "" - 12 calls
in 30 "" "" - 29 calls